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Should this shaft have end movement if I pull it by hand?
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Thanks K2-K6 I'm following your logic that there would be some clearance for the reasons you have given - I'm a little paranoid I guess. I have a partial memory that when I replaced the clutch the shaft had some end movement already. Ted
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Oddjob on July 19, 2021, 08:05:50 PM ---I'd just stop pulling things by hand Ted, you'll go blind.
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lol Oj good one mate tha't really made me chuckle,
tbh Oddjob I've been well stressed about fitting the crank case halves together so I'm probably seeing things that aren't there - it's been a real groundhog day but now I am where I was on the 1st June but there is no sticking conrod - that's progress in my book.
I was going to do the crankcase bolting up yesterday but like many peaking with my hay fever has gone on to irritate my Angina / breathlessness in the mornings so I just took an extra 20 mg Isosorbide mononitrate tablet today to help keep me calm!
My more rational side is saying what's the worse that can happen if there is a bit of extra end float in the dam shaft - it ain't life changing that's for sure. It probably crunched gears before I bought it - onward & upward.
As an added bonus I'm getting much better at applying a thin layer of Hondabond in the process - it made all the difference putting it on my rubber gloved finger then smearing onto the upper casing amazing what a different technique can do.
Yes still talking about Hondabond Oddjob before you comment !!
K2-K6:
You could always get someone else to pull the shafts by hand if not feeling up to it ;D but that's probably onto a whole new forum :o
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I am now seriously considering taking the casing apart again before I continue any further.
I can see the end small gear on the left hand side of the shaft in question through the side gap near where the oil pump fits.
I can get my finger on this gear and feel it move from side to side along the shaft when I pull & push on the shaft from the other end.
Clearly this is movement on the shaft of the gear as if there has a shim missing.
I have not dismantled this shaft.
All it will cost me is time seperating the casing & getting off the Hondabond again it just seems too much movement.
Any further opinions / observations before I have another Groundhog Day ?
royhall:
Probably a silly question but you did put the half moon bearing retainers back in. I'm sure you did, just covering the obvious.
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